One question at a time. Designed for teachers and dedicated practitioners, each Season of the YU Podcast examines a single topic with clarity and depth, unpacking key concepts in Yoga through critical reflection, contextual study, and practical relevance.
Salus per Yoga - Ep.5 Yoga as a self-regulation practice - Part 2
Moving forward from the previous episode, which introduced the Polyvagal Theory, we look more closely at how and why yoga is increasingly recognized by science as a discipline that supports resilience and the capacity for self-regulation.
Meet Patanjiali - Ep.7 Brief history of Yoga Sutra commentaries
In this episode we take listeners on a historical tour of the rich commentarial tradition surrounding the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali, showing how interpreters across the centuries have engaged with and expanded its terse aphorisms.
Salus per Yoga - Ep.4 Yoga as a self-regulation practice - Part 1
Through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory, science helps explain why yoga systems can function as methods for calibrating and optimizing the way we respond and adapt to everyday life.
Meet Patanjiali - Ep.6 Yoga Sutra: A text to be embodied
In this episode, we explore the structure of the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali and how it was designed to be experienced, not just read. We examine the concise aphorisms, the organization of the four chapters (pāda), and the progression from ethical foundations to meditation and samadhi. Listeners will learn how the text guides practitioners toward embodiment, turning philosophical principles into lived experience through disciplined practice and attentive awareness.
Salus per Yoga - Ep.3 Salutogenesis vs Pathogenesis
With the term salutogenesis, the medical sociologist Aaron Antonovsky most radically challenged the dominant paradigm of disease-oriented care. What if, with Yoga, we directed more of our efforts toward understanding how health is generated, rather than focusing primarily on how disease can be avoided?
